Humpback whale “super-groups” – A novel low-latitude feeding behaviour of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Benguela Upwelling System

Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) generally undertake annual migrations from polar summer feeding grounds to winter calving and nursery grounds in subtropical and tropical coastal waters. Evidence for such migrations arises from seasonality of historic whaling catches by l...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Findlay, Ken P., Seakamela, S. Mduduzi, Meÿer, Michael A., Kirkman, Stephen P., Barendse, Jaco, Cade, David E., Hurwitz, David, Kennedy, Amy S., Kotze, Pieter G. H., McCue, Steven A., Thornton, Meredith, Vargas-Fonseca, O. Alejandra, Wilke, Christopher G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5332018/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28249036
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172002
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